Nineteen Seventy-Six: A Student Revolutionary Remembers the Year Mao Died (Penguin Specials)

Read [Ragnar Baldursson Book] * Nineteen Seventy-Six: A Student Revolutionary Remembers the Year Mao Died (Penguin Specials) Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Nineteen Seventy-Six: A Student Revolutionary Remembers the Year Mao Died (Penguin Specials) Recollections of a time too often forgotten Interesting book for anyone who spent time in China in the late days of the Cultural Revolution or the first years afterwards. I myself can only claim the very, very end of this period. But some of the anecdotes both quaint and too often tragic bring back another place and time.. Five Stars User Well written personal account]

Author

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Ragnar Baldursson

Rating

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4.85 (646 Votes)

Asin

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0734399650

Format Type

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paperback

Number of Pages

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96 Pages

Publish Date

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2013-07-29

Language

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English

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Recollections of a time too often forgotten Interesting book for anyone who spent time in China in the late days of the Cultural Revolution or the first years afterwards. I myself can only claim the very, very end of this period. But some of the anecdotes both quaint and too often tragic bring back another place and time.. Five Stars User Well written personal account

He has translated the Analects of Confucius and the Daodejing into Icelandic.. He is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Iceland in Beijing and has served in the Icelandic foreign ministry for over 20 years. Ragnar Baldursson is a diplomat and scholar of Chinese philosophy. Ragnar was one of the first foreign students admitted to study at Peking University in the 1970s where he gained a BA in Philosophy

He has translated the Analects of Confucius and the Daodejing into Icelandic.. Ragnar was one of the first foreign students admitted to study at Peking University in the 1970s where he gained a BA in Philosophy. He is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Iceland in Beijing and has served in the Icelandic foreign ministry for over 20 years. About the AuthorRagnar Baldursson is a diplomat and scholar of Chinese philosophy

Ragnar Baldursson, an idealistic true believer in the Chinese socialist experiment, was one of the few foreigners present to witness these events. The events of 1976 convulsed China: Mao died, the Gang of Four fell, hundreds of thousands perished in the Tangshan earthquake. Forty years on, living in a very different China, Ragnar revisits his experiences as a student in Beijing, offering rare glimpses of life during this turbulent and decisive year.